Details for William C. Davis

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5401010981

Data

Marker Number 10981
Atlas Number 5401010981
Marker Title William C. Davis
Index Entry Davis, William C.
Address
City Henderson
County Rusk
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 327578
UTM Northing 3553816
Subject Codes pioneers; military topics
Marker Year 1986
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Davis Cemetery, south of Henderson about 4 mi. via Jacksonville Dr. to CR 401 S
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size grave marker
Marker Text Came to Texas from North Carolina in 1835 and settled in this area, in what was then part of Nacogdoches County. He received a land grant in Lamar County for his service in the Indian wars of the late 1830s, but retained his homestead in Rusk County and was the patriarch of a large family. He set aside part of his homestead for this family cemetery upon the death of his first wife, Caroline, in 1852.

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